2016
Continuous Home Care Reduces Hospice Disenrollment and Hospitalization After Hospice Enrollment
Wang SY, Aldridge MD, Canavan M, Cherlin E, Bradley E. Continuous Home Care Reduces Hospice Disenrollment and Hospitalization After Hospice Enrollment. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2016, 52: 813-821. PMID: 27697564, PMCID: PMC5154927, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospice disenrollmentHospice enrollmentPatient characteristicsContinuous home careCHC utilizationMinority of patientsHome careMore comorbiditiesMultivariable analysisMultivariable modelHospice carePatientsHospitalizationService MedicareHospice agenciesHospiceDisenrollmentExpensive careStudy periodCareEnrollmentAssociationComorbiditiesCancer
2013
Not just specific diseases: Systematic review of the association of geriatric syndromes with hospitalization or nursing home admission
Wang SY, Shamliyan TA, Talley KM, Ramakrishnan R, Kane RL. Not just specific diseases: Systematic review of the association of geriatric syndromes with hospitalization or nursing home admission. Archives Of Gerontology And Geriatrics 2013, 57: 16-26. PMID: 23578847, DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNursing home admissionHome admissionGeriatric syndromesMultiple morbiditiesSpecific diseasesCognitive impairmentCommunity-dwelling older adultsPooled risk estimatesRisk of hospitalizationRandom-effects modelStrength of evidenceChronic inflammationCochrane DatabaseHospitalizationGeneral populationImpaired homeostasisPrevention websiteReference listsAdmissionEligible articlesSyndromeSystematic reviewParticipant characteristicsDisease controlManual search